11 min
Unpack and lay out
Lay the seat face down on the box lid so the top never touches the floor. Sort the eight bolts and eight barrel nuts. Find the key; it is taped inside the lid.
Everything in the box, pulled apart
Nine oak components, eight bolts, one key. Nothing is glued, so any part can be swapped by the person who owns the chair, not the person who made it. Numbers on the drawing match the parts list and the printed sheet in the box.
| Part | Qty | Size, mm | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Backrest Steam-bent from one board | 1 | 440 × 92 × 22 |
| 2 | Rear leg Upright and leg in one piece | 2 | 780 × 40 × 38 |
| 3 | Seat Five staves, edge-glued, 4 mm dish | 1 | 490 × 470 × 24 |
| 4 | Side rail Carries the seat and both legs | 2 | 394 × 56 × 24 |
| 5 | Front leg Square section, chamfered foot | 2 | 450 × 40 × 38 |
| 6 | Front stretcher | 1 | 410 × 44 × 30 |
| 7 | Rear stretcher | 1 | 396 × 44 × 30 |
| 8 | Hardware 8 bolts 6 × 50 mm, 8 barrel nuts, 1 hex key 4 mm, 4 felt glides | 1 bag | Steel, zinc plated |
Bolts pull into brass-lined barrel nuts sunk into the legs, so the joint tightens against metal, not end grain. Re-tighten once after the first month; after that, once a year.
Dimensions in millimetres
Seat height 450 mm suits tables from 720 to 760 mm. The back leans 7 degrees, the seat is dished 4 mm at its centre, and the whole chair weighs less than a full watering can.
Seat width 490, between legs 410Scale 1:10 on a 1280 px screen
Back angle 7°, seat dish 4 mmHidden stretchers dashed
4.6kg
Weight, assembled
450mm
Seat height, suits tables 720 to 760
920 × 480 × 120mm
Shipping box, outer
150kg
Tested static load, seat centre
Three timbers, four finishes
Choose here and the price follows you to the buy module. Every option is oiled or soaped by hand in the workshop; nothing is lacquered, so scratches sand out and the surface can be renewed at home.
European oak, natural oilDrawings on this page update as you choose. Colour on screen is a guide; sample blocks are 40 kr, refunded with the chair.
Oak is the reason this chair can be bolted rather than glued. It holds a barrel nut without crushing, it takes a 4 mm dish in the seat without cupping, and a 22 mm board steam-bends to the 180 mm radius of the backrest without a single failure in the last four hundred we have made.
The smoked oak is the same timber, kiln-fumed with ammonia for eleven days so the colour goes right through the board rather than sitting on the surface. Ash is lighter in weight and colour and takes the soap finish best.
- Moisture at dispatch
- 8 percent, for heated homes
- Grain
- Quarter-sawn legs, flat-sawn seat
- Oil
- Linseed and carnauba, no solvents
- Care
- Re-oil once a year, 15 minutes
Six steps, twelve minutes, one key
The order matters: rails first, seat last. Do every bolt finger tight, then go round once with the key. The printed sheet in the box shows the same six drawings at the same scale.
23 min
Side rails to rear legs
Drop a barrel nut into each rear leg, slot facing out. Offer up a side rail and drive two bolts through it into the nut. Finger tight only. Repeat for the other side.
32 min
Front legs
Same again at the front: nut into the leg, two bolts through the rail. The chamfer on the foot faces outward. You now have two complete sides.
42 min
Stretchers between the sides
Stand both sides up and push the front and rear stretchers into their housings. They are a firm fit and need no bolts. The frame now stands on its own.
52 min
Seat
Lower the frame onto the upturned seat. Four bolts go up through the corner blocks in the rails into nuts already set in the seat. Dish faces up when you turn it over.
62 min
Backrest, then tighten
Slide the backrest into its housings from the front. Two bolts from behind. Stand the chair up, press the felt glides on, then go round all eight bolts once with the key.
Nothing to glue, no second person needed. Timed on 40 first-time assemblers: fastest 8 minutes, slowest 19, median 12.
Taking it apart is the same list in reverse and takes about five minutes.
A chair that travels as a board
An assembled chair is mostly air. Ours leaves Malmö in a box one fifth of the volume, so the freight is a fraction of the cost and the carbon, and the box is stiff enough to come back to us if anything is wrong.
- Box volume, flat0.053m³
- Crate volume, assembled chair0.28m³
- Chairs on one pallet, flat36vs 6
- Freight to Berlin, one chair190kr, vs 890 assembled
Ek 01, configured and priced
Prices in Swedish kronor including 25 percent tax. Two chairs or more ship free within Sweden. Trade customers write to us for quantities of twelve and up.
3 900 krper chair
In stock in Malmö
- TimberEuropean oak
- FinishNatural oil
- Change optionsTimber and finish
- In the box9 oak parts, 8 bolts, 1 key, 4 glides, printed sheet
Delivery 89 kr in Sweden, free from two chairs.
Leaves the workshop in 2 working days
Every chair is oiled to order, so allow two days before it ships. Delivery is 3 to 5 working days in Sweden, 6 to 9 across the rest of Europe.
Sixty days to change your mind
Keep the box. If the chair is not right, take it apart, pack it, and we send a courier. The refund is in full; we only ask that you tell us why.
Twenty-five years on the frame
Legs, rails and stretchers are guaranteed for 25 years, the seat and backrest for 10. Any part is sold separately from 120 kr for as long as we make the chair.
Sample blocks, 40 kr
Three timbers, four finishes, 60 × 60 mm each. Order the set and the 40 kr comes off your chair.